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Don't think you're gonna waste too much money for it, however that's the source of the information:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CD-4-CHANNE...8684181?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item43b2916e15
This was apparently pressed by Warner-Pioneer, and most likely before Atlantic (in the US) committed to CD-4.
Actually Elektra was the first of the WEA labels that worked on CD-4 via their CEO Jac Holzman. He also advised the other WEA labels on all things Quad in the 70's.
RCA and Arista would have had all the CD-4 recycled-vinyl to themselves......The only way he would allow his music to be released in quad was in a discrete format. I have to wonder what would have happened if they had stuck to their original plan.
RCA and Arista would have had all the CD-4 recycled-vinyl to themselves.
I don't think the Mystic Moods would have been much of a loss though. I'd have called his bluff.
Brad Miller, of MoFi fame, had his Mystic Moods albums on Warner Bros, but threatened to pull his repertoir from that label if WEA had gone ahead with their original plans to go QS for their quad releases. This was well covered in Billboard Magazine back then, and the decision to go to CD-4 instead of QS was due, according to the articles, a result of Miller's push. The only way he would allow his music to be released in quad was in a discrete format. I have to wonder what would have happened if they had stuck to their original plan.
The problem was the ability to properly decode a matrix system was not in the marketplace yet. Sounded like mush. Quad was wobbling because of that. Plus tapes were more than lps, they broke, not everyone wanted to screw around adding an 8 track under the dash. Reels were beyond most people ability to afford. The industry wanted an easy discrete lp system, so they invented cd-4. That worked out well.
The problem was the ability to properly decode a matrix system was not in the marketplace yet. Sounded like mush. Quad was wobbling because of that. Plus tapes were more than lps, they broke, not everyone wanted to screw around adding an 8 track under the dash. Reels were beyond most people ability to afford. The industry wanted an easy discrete lp system, so they invented cd-4. That worked out well.
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